Trump administration set to announce Medicare and Medicaid will cover Covid vaccine

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The Trump administration is set to announce as early as this week that Medicare and Medicaid will cover out-of-pocket costs for a potential coronavirus vaccine that is granted emergency use authorization, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Coming days before the election, the move could help President Donald Trump among seniors and lower-income Americans even though top medical experts don't expect a vaccine to be approved before Election Day. In the run-up to the election, Trump has applied intense pressure on agencies to deliver policy wins that might help his reelection, aides said. Officials have been working for several weeks on changing regulations to allow for Medicare and Medicaid recipients to receive free vaccines.

Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said Sunday that experts will know by early December whether a potential coronavirus vaccine is safe and effective, but widespread availability will likely not occur until several months into 2021. Operation Warp Speed aims to have Covid-19 vaccines moved to administration sites within 24 hours of an emergency use authorization or Food and Drug Administration license -- with the goal of providing the vaccine free of charge.

 

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Enough is enough. Please get lost.

JA JA JA. It is probably the same Obama Care without pre existing conditions.

It's amazing that a couple of weeks before an election the President seems to want to: 1) Try and pay for seniors prescriptions with a $200 voucher 2) Pay for the vaccine with medicare/caid 3) 'yuge' stimulus deal (now, after the election) etc None of this for 8 months though.

trump is just like an Empty vessel, he makes the most noise.

The vaccine might be free but pretty sure that Americans will have to pay someone to administer the treatment. (Not an expert btw)

Is this his pathetic health plan he has been delaying for years? 🤔🤨

3-2-1... attack........ never good enough.... ATTACK......

the final bit of poison to kill us all.

So there goes Medicare and Medicaid. Trump is trying his hardest to give his pals in the pharmaceutical industry as much money as he can before the election and use our healthcare money to do it. Think about that for a minute...BidenHarris2020 TrumpVirus

That was almost a year ago people 🤔 CNN hates America

I guess that kills your “bury Trump Story” by talking about Covid 24x7. Biden couldn’t handle H1N1 in 1994 He sure can’t handle Covid either. He doesn’t even know where he is!!!

The question for realDonaldTrump is now, is he lying? Will this actually happen? How do we trust the liar-in-chief after all this time? My gut feeling is this is just words to garner votes before the election.

Trump said it will be free for everyone. Trump lies again.

THEY’RE LYING. DO YOUR JOB FOR ONCE MEDIA.

Will he demand people to take it? How could he since he never told his sheep to mask up and social distance. He said he’s tire of hearing Covid. Tell that to the 226k dead and their families. He said it is what it is. Good riddance on November 3rd.

It's amazing what an upcoming election will make Republicans do.

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